Has anyone used the webpage
http://www.lotusproject.co.uk/lotus-esprit-s1-s2-history/
Used to have tons of pictures, owners and sales on most S1 and S2 Esprits, not sure if updated in last few years and domain has now run out.
Shame as nice place for us early car owners to hang out.
Have 465G UK pre prod S2, tuned by Blydenstein.
Clive

Chapman saw the new Vauxhall Engine at the Earls Court Show, and had a deal with Vauxhall to buy some engines to use for development.
The first Lotus Engines were Vauxhall Block with a Lotus 904 head (Made by Cosworth and that design was carried over to the Ford BDA)
Next Gen prototypes had Lotus Block and Head
Then you had the full 907 Production Engine
The Vauxhall link was erased by Chapman when the press got onto the LV engine code, which is Lotus Vauxhall
Here's a picture of an original Lotus Vauxhall LV220 Engine, Vauxhall 2.0 block and Lotus 904 Head
So no Vauxhall input there then?

Hi
Mine has August Chassis and Engine and came of the Line 5 Sept and sold and registered a week later.
There is also the grey area of unsold S1's then converted to S2 spec....... who's going to buy the old car!
Clive

The S1 is easy to work out
100G to 381G UK 282
100H to 652H US 553
100J to 162J ROW 62
Total 897
But that includes S2 prototypes that were then sold as S2's and crash test cars.
Now for the hard bit S2....
400G to ??? UK
200J to ??? ROW
and H & S & T for US...
Lotus Habit for skipping VINs to make it look like they've built more cars....?
I have 465G, 66th UK S2 built August.
August they launched the S2 then had 2 week shutdown, ready for cars for reg 1st Sep with new T reg.....
Clive

Colin Chapman used the Vauxhall engine as his base, first replacing the head, ie 904 engine used in the type 62 Europa.
The main components were carried over, crank, rods, pistons, starter, alternator... so the new 907 engine had the same displacement. The press got onto it and were calling his engines Vauxhall/Lotus, so in a temper all the 904 engines were ousted to Bill Blydenstein and the 907 had it's capacity rounded down to look different. The 912 engine used the Vauxhall 2.3 crank but with 2.0 bore comes out at 2.2
Aswell as a Lotus Esprit S2 I have a Lotus Viva, one of 3 made.
Clive